individualism

Billy In Texas Refuses To Surrender HIS Papacy

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Billy, of course, everyone will have that question ultimately if they’re thinking clearly. You’re thinking very clearly and very precisely. The answer to the question is he would not be able to do it in a human institution. That’s why we know the institution is divine because it has lasted for 2,000 years. Check out today’s transcript for the rest…. FOLKS, a message from Mike - The Audio Clip of The Day files, Project […]

October 5, 2015 14

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Andrew Sullivan’s Take On Conservatism And Whether It Can Be Saved

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Well, open today’s Pile of Prep and you will find a link and a quote to a blog post written by Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan writes at The Dish, which is a website that he -- he used to write for The Atlantic. He went out on his own. He’s one of these guys that’s trying to be an independent and not have to work […]

October 31, 2013 39

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Enough Already With The “USA! USA!” Jingoism, Let’s Try A Little Localism

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What we need is an alteration in manner of thinking. Manner of thinking today is jingoistic “USA! USA!” as opposed to localistic. I don’t want to say republican or individualistic because individualism is also part of what’s rotten at the core of society today. Daniel Larison has this intriguing post at The American Conservative Magazine last night, “Rejecting Jingoism and Groupthink.” Check out today’s […]

October 24, 2013 26

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Community Is An Endangered Species And Superman Is A Hipster

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Today there are fewer and fewer communal associations. You’re told not to be part of what anyone else is doing, go toot your own horn, march to your own drummer. You need to be an individual first. You’re not a member of anything. No, we’re all Facebooking, Twittering, and pursuing our individualism, our radical autonomy all as individual little atoms totally free from any […]

June 1, 2013 33

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Increase In Community Can Lead To A Decrease In Government

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Angelo Codevilla had written about how the elites, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans, pretty much all go to the same schools, live in or near the same cities, attend the same parties, go to the same functions. Most of these functions and events we’re describing here and talking about are not attended by people like us, people that might go to a Tea Party […]

May 13, 2013 63

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The Quest For Equality Leads To Radical Autonomy And Mass Murderers

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I’ve talked on this show in the past about a term that a colleague had coined: radical autonomy. It’s pretty much the same thing. Most people today are radically autonomous. There is no higher authority other than your own conscience. The only higher authority we have is the blind, relentless, silly, and I think misguided pursuit of total equality. You’ll never achieve it. It […]

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